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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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